Today, I wanted to take some time to show my love for kids. I usually enjoy experiments with kids involved because you never know what their imagination might lead them to say or do. An experiment done by a psychologist named Walter Mischel in 1972  tested delayed gratification in children with the use of delicious […]

http://https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_O60TYAIgC4 In this week’s blog, I want to discuss an experiment conducted by Harry Harlow known as the Surrogate Mother Experiment. From 1957 to 1963, this study was conducted at the University of Wisconsin. Several controversial experiments had been done throughout these years, however Harlow’s focus was on showing the importance of a mother’s love. […]

Hello! Today’s blog is focused on the Milgram Shock Experiment conducted by psychologist Stanley Milgram at Yale University. It’s best known for its conflict between compliance to authority and personal conscience.  Back in 1963, Milgram examined the trial of Adolf Eichmann which caused a hypothesis to arise about the Holocaust. Milgram wanted to know if […]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7KU5u75J8VU (Click the link to watch a visual) Welcome back to another ‘Psychology Experiment’ blog! Today, I wanted to discuss an experiment that I wasn’t too familiar with myself. It also reminded me of the “Class Divided” experiment that I introduced weeks ago in a previous blog in which 2 groups were observed based upon […]